Baidu enters into a partnership with Xiongan to convert it into a smart city

Chinese tech giants Baidu have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership with the Administrative Committee of Xiongan New Area, China to transform the paper-white landscape into a smart city. The alliance is geared towards leveraging AI(Artificial Intelligence) services with the support of cloud infrastructure provided by Baidu.

Baidu say that this move is aligned with China’s policy to establish the Xiongan New Area, located 100 km to the south-west of Beijing as a center of growth for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. They further added that their AI and cloud services will be applied to various industries like transport, education, security and healthcare who are looking to invest in the region.

Delighted on the announcement of the deal, Robin Li, Chairman, and CEO of Baidu commented:

It is a great honor for Baidu to participate in Hebei province’s AI City plan and the development of Xiongan New Area. The establishment of Xiongan will be critical for the millennium to come. (…) . With Xiongan, we hope to explore the construction of AI infrastructure to develop the area into an efficient, environmentally-friendly and convenient AI City. We hope to make Xiongan a new model for the world’s future cities.